We see elsewhere in Philippians this notion of imitating Christ being gain for Paul, whether in death or life. He says: “For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus ...

Father Nunzio Corrao, the chaplain at Gemelli, led a special prayer session for the pope on Monday, citing the words of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans. Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli ...

2, led prayers for 45 minutes on a chilly ... She was particularly fond of former pope St. John Paul II but said that Francis, as the first Latin American pope, “draws a bit closer.” ...

is to lead the first prayer on Monday evening. The announcement immediately brought to mind the nighttime candlelit vigils in the piazza that preceded the 2005 death of St. John Paul II.